Commentator in YediothAharonot, Ma’ariv, and Bamakhane.Published sci-fi short fiction in Fantasy 2000.

Founder and co-owner of a chain of computerised information kiosks in Tel-Aviv, Israel.

1982 to 1985

Senior positions with the Nessim D. Gaon Group of Companies in Geneva, Paris and New-York (NOGA and APROFIM SA):

– Chief Analyst of Edible Commodities in the Group's Headquarters in Switzerland
– Manager of the Research and Analysis Division
– Manager of the Data Processing Division
– Project Manager of the Nigerian Computerised Census
– Vice President in charge of RND and Advanced Technologies
– Vice President in charge of Sovereign Debt Financing

1985 to 1986

Represented Canadian Venture Capital Funds in Israel.

1986 to 1987

General Manager of IPE Ltd. in London. The firm financed international multi-lateral countertrade and leasing transactions.

1988 to 1990

Co-founder and Director of "Mikbats-Tesuah", a portfolio management firm based in Tel-Aviv.

Co-owner, Director and Finance Manager of COSTI Ltd. – Israel's largest computerised information vendor and developer. Raised funds through a series of private placements locally in the USA, Canada and London.

1993 to 1996

Publisher and Editor of a Capital Markets Newsletter distributed by subscription only to dozens of subscribers countrywide.

Tried and incarcerated for 11 months for his role in an attempted takeover of Israel's Agriculture Bank involving securities fraud.

Managed the Internet and International News Department of an Israeli mass media group, "Ha-Tikshoret and Namer".

Assistant in the Law Faculty in Tel-Aviv University (to Prof. S.G. Shoham).

1996 to 1999

Financial consultant to leading businesses in Macedonia, Russia and the Czech Republic.

Economic commentator in "Nova Makedonija", "Dnevnik", "Makedonija Denes", "Izvestia", "Argumenti i Fakti", "The Middle East Times", "The New Presence", "Central Europe Review", and other periodicals, and in the economic programs on various channels of Macedonian Television.

Chief Lecturer in courses in Macedonia organised by the Agency of Privatization, by the Stock Exchange, and by the Ministry of Trade.

1999 to 2002

Economic Advisor to the Government of the Republic of Macedonia and to the Ministry of Finance.

Editor of the Personality Disorders, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, the Verbal and Emotional Abuse, and the Spousal (Domestic) Abuse and Violence topics on Suite 101 and contributing author on Bellaonline.

Hundreds of professional articles in all fields of finance and economics, and numerous articles dealing with geopolitical and political economic issues published in both print and Web periodicals in many countries.

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Short StoriesNed’s Short Life by Sam VakninI knew next to nothing about new fish tanks, the need to “cycle” them owing to the absence of nitrogen-devouring bacteria, and the stress that all these cause the unfortunate inhabitants of my aquariu...Sexsomnia by Sam VakninThat night, he slept and in his sleep he dreamt an angel. And the angel regarded him with great compassion and said to him:
“Yoseph! Fear not to take unto thee Mariam thy wife for...Fugue by Sam VakninI feel he is about to turn. My knuckles white against the armrests, I shut my eyes and look inward at the unfolding scene. He swerves and, for a dizzying moment there I am afraid that he will lunge at...The Galatea of Cotard by Sam VakninShe takes a deep breath and exhales the words: “If you are truly deceased, then how are we conversing?”...Live Burial by Sam VakninSometimes the only way to conquer our fears is to confront them head on...Lucid Dreams by Sam VakninJack raised both his hands and stuck his left thumb through his right palm. Clean through. I gazed at him, dumbfounded. As the realization of what this meant dawned on me, I felt elated.
...A Dream Come True by Sam VakninThey call it: 'sleep deprivation'. I call it: hell....Anton's Trap by Sam Vaknin"A corpse, you know." - She elucidated patiently - "There's no corpse."
...The Elephant's Call by Sam VakninOne of my first clients was referred to me by him. She was a woman in her forties, well-dressed, soft-spoken, and incredibly erudite. She suffered from recurrent though intermittent chest pains, chill...Night Terror by Sam VakninI strike at him but he evades my thrust and recedes into the murky background. I won't give chase. The doors and windows are locked, alarm systems everywhere. He stands no chance. ...I Hear Voices by Sam VakninThe laptop was a nondescript square in shades of silver and navy blue. It bore no logo or brand name. It had no visible sockets, ports, or plug-ins. ...Folie a Plusieurs by Sam Vaknin"Then what is mass psychosis?"
"A myth," - I said - "assiduously cultivated by an eyeball-hungry media."
...The Capgras Shift by Sam Vaknin She was a mousy, inconsequential thing with an excruciatingly bad sartorial taste. She stared at me through a pair of dead, black, enormous pools that passed for eyes. ...The Last Days by Sam VakninFor years now I have been urinating into flower pots, spraying the shiny leaves, the fissured russet soil.
...Nothing is Happening at Home by Sam VakninMother tells me not to say anything at school about what is happening at home. Nothing is happening at home....Harmony by Sam VakninOn the phone, hushed voices, in our bedroom, late afternoon, Noa declines an offer to meet with her lover. I stand in the corridor, book in hand, listening intently, refusing to believe.
...Blind Date by Sam VakninThey said to me: "Meeting girls requires effort. If you just sit at home and don't try to mingle, they won't come to you, you know! You got to get out more."
...Shalev is Silent by Sam Vaknin"I have a feeling that no one loves me anymore. She is distancing herself and I am losing my daughters. When on vacation, I am a stranger in my own home, with no authority or recognition. It feels so ...Death of the Poet by Sam VakninFive minutes prior to his death, he made use of a stained rotary dial phone, its duct-taped parts precariously clinging to each other. His speech was slurred but his interlocutor - a fan - thought it ...My Affair with Jesus by Sam VakninThe hall reverberated. My host impelled me forward. A sea of crimson skullcaps as they rested foreheads on locked, diaphanous digits. I uttered the Jewish prayer slowly, improvising some. ...On the Bus to Town by Sam VakninThe announcer warns of imminent terrorist attacks on public transport. It recommends to err on the side of caution and to exhaustively inspect fellow commuters. ...Pierre's Friends by Sam VakninPierre is terrified. Not hard to tell. The bald patches on his egg-shaped skull exude pearly sweat from sooty pores, a salty path down to his darkening collar. ...A Language of Black and Red by Sam VakninEli and I sit on ladder-backs next to a luxurious roulette in a casino in Spain. I can almost pick glitters from the heavy, lowered chandeliers. ...Write Me a Letter by Sam VakninHe looks at me with his single surviving eye and pleads: "Write me a letter".
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PoetryHer Birthday by Sam VakninI know I wrong You.
...Hebrew Love by Sam VakninLove. Subsumed. Engulfing....My Putrid Lover by Sam VakninMy lover dreams
of acrid smells
...Twinkle Star by Sam VakninTwinkle star
of barren scape
and ashen craters.
...Synthetic Joy by Sam VakninSynthetic joy of wedding halls,
caked bride and groom,
a spewing orchestra,
metallic rings.
...Our Love Alivid by Sam VakninOur bloated love alivid
...The Miracle of the Kisses by Sam VakninThat night, the cock denied him thrice.
...Selfdream by Sam VakninAt times, I dream myself besieged.
...In Moist Propinquity by Sam VakninThe yellow haze of melancholy lampposts.
Your hair consumes you.
...A Hundred Children by Sam VakninTell me about your sunshine
and the sounds of coffee ...Snowflake Haiku by Sam VakninWhere I begin
your end
...Narcissism by Sam VakninThe Toxic
waste of bottled anger
venomized.
Life belly up.
...Getting Old by Sam VakninThe sageing flesh,
a wrinkled vicedom.
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to give up life.
...Sally Ann by Sam VakninShot from the cannon of abuse
as unwise missiles do....Tableaux (on Van Gogh) by Sam VakninBehind his stooping shoulders,
a painted room ablaze
the dripping composition of his blood.
...When you wake the morning by Sam VakninWhen you wake the morning
red headed children shimmer in your eyes.
...I need to know you by Sam VakninYou,
the stirrings of a curtain, dust
settling on sepia cukoo clocks
...The Old Gods by Sam VakninYou're fighting back, it's evident,
bony protrusions, a thumping chest,
the clamming up of sweaty pearls.
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we report in striped pajamas
to the barefeet commandant
...Fearful Love by Sam VakninI betray you to the voice
and hide.
...Cutting to Existence by Sam VakninMy little brother cuts himself into existence.
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...10 Predictions for the Coming Decade by Sam VakninThe job – and possibly life – of any Pope attempting to truly reform the Vatican is in jeopardy. The top echelons of the Catholic Church are in a deep crisis, faced with a reputation tattered by decad...Narcissistic Cops: Police Brutality Explained? by Sam VakninThe narcissist naturally gravitates towards those professions which guarantee the abundant and uninterrupted provision of Narcissistic Supply. He seeks to interact with people from a position of autho...Spite and Envy: Passive-Aggressive Narcissists by Sam VakninPassive-aggressiveness wears a multitude of guises: procrastination, malingering, perfectionism, forgetfulness, neglect, truancy, intentional inefficiency, stubbornness, and outright sabotage. This re...Nationalism vs. Patriotism: Narcissism vs. Self-love by Sam VakninNationalism is very much like compensatory, malignant narcissism. It rears its head when people stop being patriots, when they are rendered by circumstances (usually of their own making) ashamed of wh...Pears Cyclopaedia 2014-5 Edition: Human Knowledge Encapsulated by Sam VakninWhat renders this single volume unique is not that it is a cornucopia of facts (which it is, abundantly and lavishly so), but that it arranges them lovingly in patterns and narratives and, thus, endow...The Narcissist Loves His Narcissistic Personality Disorder by Sam VakninMost narcissists reject the notion or diagnosis that they are mentally disturbed. ...The Ubiquitous Britannica 2015 by Sam VakninCompared to its predecessor, the Encyclopedia Britannica 2015 Ultimate Edition (formerly "Student and Home Edition") contains 15% more text and 15% fewer images and videos....Putting the Broken Humpty-Dumpty Narcissist Back Together by Sam VakninThe dysfunctional dialog deals with questions that are far more fundamental (and typically settled early on in life):
"Who am I?"
"What are my traits, my skills, my accompl...Munchausen and Munchausen by Proxy Syndromes: Forms of Pathological Narciss by Sam VakninAs opposed to narcissists, people with both Munchausen Syndromes desire acceptance, love, caring, relationships, and nurturing, not merely attention....Solitude as a Rational Choice by Sam VakninAs they have grown in complexity and expectations (fed by the mass media) relationships have mutated to being emotionally unrewarding and narcissistically injurious to the point of becoming a perpetua...The Film Her and Interspecies Romance by Sam VakninShe is unusual because she is an incorporeal piece of software. At first, as their love affair blossoms (replete with an articulated, torrid version of phone sex), she is preoccupied with her ethereal...Making Sense of Nonsense by Sam VakninIn certain disciplines (cryptography, information theory, communication theory) nonsense is described as “random noise” (as distinct from “signal”) with specific characteristics of randomness, repetit...Debunking 11 Myths about Hitler by Sam VakninAs far as European history goes, Hitler was not an aberration. On the very contrary: in line with 19th century geopolitical thinking, he sought to establish a German colonial empire in east Europe (si...Misinformation about Covert vs. Classic Narcissists by Sam VakninContrary to misinformation spread by "experts" online, covert narcissists are not cunning and manipulative. Classic narcissists are: they often disguise their true nature effectively, knowingly, and i...A Critique of Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-first Century by Sam VakninPutting aside the somewhat artificial and dubious distinction between the “real” and the financial economy, r and g are apples and oranges and cannot be compared....Post-colonialism Has Finally Arrived! by Sam VakninAs empires crumbled in the wake of the two World Wars, agreements made by erstwhile colonial masters regarding “national” borders and newfangled “nation-states” were assiduously observed, defended, an...God's Antivirus: Godel and The Matrix by Sam VakninGod appears to be unaware of the work of an important, though eccentric, Czech-Austrian mathematical logician, Kurt Gödel (1906-1978). A passing acquaintance with his two theorems would have saved the...Inner Voices, False Narratives, Narcissism, and Codependence by Sam VakninThe narcissist copes with this painful and ineluctable realization of the divorce between his self-perception and this less than stellar state of affairs by first denying reality, delusionally ignorin...The Pears Cyclopedia 2013-4 Edition by Sam VakninThe 2012-2013 edition of Pears Cyclopaedia was the first major revision in some time. It added considerable heft to veteran chapters as well as re-introduced categories of knowledge from previous edit...Narcissists, Social Media, and Porn by Sam VakninSocial media, such as Tumblr.com, have become the playground of narcissists, psychopaths, and sadists who post extreme and, at times, illegal porn and revel in the reactions to it, thus garnering vica...